The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought the popularity of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque website as Krishna Janmabhoomi and likewise the removing of the mosque from the location. Earlier, the PIL had been rejected by the Allahabad High Court.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta refused to intervene with the High Court order and mentioned the PIL will not be maintainable because the a number of civil fits on the problems raised in it are already pending consideration.
“Let’s not have a multiplicity of litigation. You filed it as a PIL, which is why it was rejected (by the High Court). File it as otherwise, we will see,” Justice Khanna informed the petitioner.
“We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and hence SLP is dismissed. We clarify that the dismissal of the SLP nowhere comments on the right of parties to challenge the vires of any enactment or prevents or bars any party from challenging the vires of any enactment,” the apex courtroom said within the order.
October 12, 2023, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL seeking the removing of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque, allegedly constructed on Krishna Janmabhoomi, which the petitioner advocate Mahek Maheshwari claims to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
It was contended in his PIL that varied texts had recorded the location in query as Krishna Janmabhoomi land and claimed that it was not a correct mosque, as the identical was constructed by forcibly buying the land in query.
The plea mentioned that it was not a correct mosque as a result of as per Islamic jurisprudence, a mosque couldn’t be constructed on forcibly acquired land. On the opposite hand, as per Hindu jurisprudence, a temple was a temple even when it was in ruins, added the petition.
(With inputs from ANI)
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